Here is more information i like to shate on the subject of fatherlessness from our Favorite gold medal star ''gabby''
“The knowledge of her [Gabrielle Douglas] personal trials and resilient spirit make her recent victories more astounding.
The story of the sad black child that grows up fatherless is a familiar one–to me at least. Growing up without a father figure was a life that I lived and didn’t realize was a broken one until I noticed my friends in middle school getting excited about Father-Daughter dance, what dress they’d pick, the shoes they’d dance in and the corsage their dad would place upon their wrists. knew that I wasn’t going because my dad wasn’t there. He was never there. His absence became my norm. I’ve dealt with the void as I got older by dating all the wrong men and holding a grudge on them all for the sake of my father’s ability to disappear into thin air. Gabrielle has not lived through this same sob story. She’s not a tragic fatherless child !.
To let Daily Mail UK tell it, Douglas is that same little lonely girl–fatherless and lost. It’s a common theme in a lot of “inspirational” movies. The little black kid from the ghetto who is exceptionally talented in something overcomes the obstacles of being poor and fatherless. That’s not 100 true. Gabby and her father have a relationship.
Gabby’s father, Staff Sgt Timothy Douglas of the Air National Guard, yes, THE National Guard is not a dead beat dad. Word to Bow Wow. Sgt Douglas is serving in the 203rd Red Horse civil engineering squadron in Afghanistan. He loves his little flying firecracker and was only not in attendance during her major win because he was busy serving our country! Gabby’s father was first deployed when she was nine and as a result, Natalie Hawkins (Gabby’s mother) identified as a single mother because the parenting responsibilities were left solely on her.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Wednesday, August 29th 2012 at 2:21PM
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